The 2005 MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs) Awards — honoring the best in New York cabaret, comedy and jazz — will be presented April 25 at the Peter Norton Symphony Space.

The 7:30 PM ceremony will honor Mario Cantone, on Broadway earlier this season in Laugh Whore, with the MAC Board of Directors Award for Comedy. The star-studded event will also salute Keely Smith (Lifetime Achievement Award), Kenny Barron and George Coleman (MAC Board of Directors Award for Jazz) and cabaret newcomer Maude Maggart (Time Out New York MAC Award).